U.S. SEC’s crypto guidelines push up costs for lenders, disrupting projects

WASHINGTON  – Banks’ cryptocurrency projects have been upended by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accounting guidance that would make it too capital-intensive for lenders to hold crypto tokens on behalf of clients, according to more than half a dozen people with knowledge of the matter. A slew of lenders including U.S. Bancorp, Goldman Sachs … Continue reading U.S. SEC’s crypto guidelines push up costs for lenders, disrupting projects